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Dow Today: McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Higher

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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) is trading down 40.0 points (-0.3%) at 13,960 as of Monday, Feb 25, 2013, 11:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 246.5 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 623.3 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,475 issues advancing vs. 1,392 declining with 148 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:
MCD), which is sporting a $1.03 gain (+1.1%) bringing the stock to $96.28. Volume for McDonald's Corporation currently sits at 3.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 5.4 million shares.

McDonald's Corporation has a market cap of $94.51 billion and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. Shares are up 6.7% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.3%.

McDonald's Corporation franchises and operates McDonald's restaurants in the global restaurant industry. Its restaurants offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. The company operates approximately 34,000 restaurants in 120 countries around the world. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.6, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates McDonald's Corporation as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.